Keys and some surprising data after sneaking into the Australian final

Mónica Barberán Munera | 23 Jan 2025 | 17.49

Madison Keys at the Australian Open 2025. Photo: Getty

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Madison Keys will return to a Grand Slam final after 8 years from the first and only time she achieved it at the US Open in 2017. On that occasion, she was defeated by Sloane Stephens, and this time she will want to lift her first title at the Australian Open at the expense of Aryna Sabalenka. Her qualification for the final in Melbourne implies several things, such as being the player with the largest gap between her first two times in this round of a Slam in the Open Era, surpassing Amélie Mauresmo (7 years). Furthermore, at 29 years old, she has become the oldest female singles player to be a finalist at the Australian Open after Serena (36 years) and Venus Williams (37 years) in 2017.

8 - Madison Keys is the player with the longest gap (eight years) between their first two Women’s Singles Grand Slam finals in the Open Era - the previous record was held by Amelie Mauresmo (seven years). Wait. #AO2025 | @AustralianOpen @WTA @WTA_insider pic.twitter.com/NeNNMfCgT3
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) January 23, 2025

1 - Madison Keys is the oldest Women’s Singles finalist at the Australian Open since Serena and Venus Williams in 2017. Gold. #AO2025 | @AustralianOpen @WTA @WTA_insider pic.twitter.com/8I2OPRBqTP
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) January 23, 2025